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There are many wonderful things under the ocean that seem to beg for documentation on camera. If you are an avid diver or snorkeled, or are just going on a one time excursion during a vacation you will surely want to remember the exotic plants and animals that you were swimming with. Two considerations about which underwater digital camera to choose is what you will be using it for - stills or video - and what your level of experience in underwater diving actually is.

Video or Still?
Waterproof cameras come both as still-shot cameras and as video cameras, or as combinations of the two. If it is your primary mission to buy a waterproof camera for still shots, then a camera that is optimized as an underwater video camera is not the best option for you. The Sony T90 digital still camera could be your best choice for an underwater camera, as its primary use is for still photos, but it is still able to take video if you want to. You will have a choice of the type of media you take, but the underwater camera will be best used for still photos.

If video is what you intend to shoot, then buying an underwater video camera rather than one that is primarily for still photos is in your best interest. An underwater camcorder will usually have the capacity for still photos as well, but the camera’s ability to take quality video will far exceed that of any other underwater camera that is primarily used for still photos. The Bonica video camera and the JVC video camcorder are two types of an underwater video camera that can give you the results you want for video of your underwater adventures.

What is Your Level of Experience?
Unless you are a professional diver, you must consider how having an underwater camera will affect both your diving experience and the diving experience of others. If you are a recreational diver who is perhaps diving for the first time on vacation, or even someone who has done underwater diving a few times but is not a professional, it is important that you have an underwater camera that is easy to use. If you purchase an underwater digital camera that is complicated to use it will impede your enjoyment of the underwater environment. Trying to get just the right lighting and focus for shooting a video with your underwater camcorder will not only prevent you from focusing on your adventure, but might be stopping those around you from seeing the wildlife in the area. Having to focus on difficult technology can even create a dangerous situation underwater.

In order to prevent these problems, consider certain features of underwater digital cameras and underwater video cameras that make them simpler to use. Choosing a camera with a large display screen and an easy to navigate menu and flash option will help you to take video and photos with ease. The equipment that is used by underwater divers can inhibit your range of vision and mobility. Be sure that the camera you purchase is not one that will cause you to lose concentration due to overly technical or too small parts and displays.
There are many great underwater cameras out there today. Advances in technology has meant that some of the simplest cameras to use, are also capable of producing incredible results, so it’s never been easier to get an affordable underwater camera to record those great dives.

Paul Wakefield is the co-founder of That’ll Do Pig Video Productions in Dublin, CA, and owner of UnderwaterCameraGear.com
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